RPC IX, 814

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 814
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Stratonikianos (panegyriarch)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊανὀς Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Π ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΑΝΗΓ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition π(αρὰ) Στρατονικιανοῦ πανηγ(υριάρχου) Ἀπαμέων
Translation from Stratonikianos, panegyriarch, of the Apameans
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 14.80 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 191
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 813/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1899,0401.77 BMC 191
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2159 SNG vA 8349 = Kraft p. 157, no. 26
3 3     B: 18200068, 2005/67 Hirsch 242, 22 Sept. 2005, lot 2585
4 4     Winterthur: 4069